Perdekop

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History

Formerly Paardekop, ‘horses hill’, from the practice of keeping horses there when horse-sickness prevailed in lower lying areas.[1]

The town was established during an equine sickness epidemic when farmers found that when they brought their horses to the top of this hill they were protected from the sickness.[2]Template:Rp During the Second Boer War the British operated a lookout balloon here to monitor Boer activities.

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